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Bloomsbury Publishing Winning the H Factor The Secrets of Happy Schools by Alistair Smith
Acknowledgements \ Preface \ Our summary \ How to use this book \ The organization and structure of the book \ Introduction: Why bother finding the H Factor? \ Society does matter \ Wealthy but miserable \ Toxic attitudes \ Minus five to zero \ The benefits of happiness \ Chapter One: What the research tells us about Happiness \ What happiness isn't! \ Measuring happiness \ What happiness is \ Contemporary thinkers on happiness \ What does our research say? \ Chapter Two: Defining the H Factor \ How we arrived at the H Factor \ Build, Broaden and Balance \ Four schools by schools \ Chapter Three: Happier Individuals \ Changing expectations \ Building better relationships \ Changing your thinking for the better \ Looking after yourself \ Chapter Four: Happier Classrooms \ Creating a positive learning environment \ Should we teach happiness? \ Getting the basics right \ Learning alongside each other \ Achieving together \ Safe to succeed \ Chapter Five: Happier Schools \ Leading the happy school \ The benefits of a happy school \ Culture and purpose \ Thriving together \ Making the worthwhile difference \ Looking out for each other \ Chapter Six: Happier ever after \ Recommended books \ Recommended websites \ Glossary of terms used \ Matrices \ Index